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1855. Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) and the Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Setting

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2018
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to human health. In the OPAT setting broad-spectrum once daily antimicrobials may be chosen in preference to other agents requiring multiple daily doses for reasons of convenience. The role and effectiveness of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in the Australian hospital-in-the-home (OPAT) setting ...
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Managing an outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy team: challenges and solutions

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2014
Jenana Halilovic,1 Cinda L Christensen,2 Hien H Nguyen31University of the Pacific Thomas J Long School of Pharmacy, Stockton, CA, USA; 2Department of Pharmaceutical Services, University of California, Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA, USA; 3Division ...
Halilovic J, Christensen CL, Nguyen HH
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Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections: Effectiveness and Safety

Pharmaceutics
Objective: Given the increasing use of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) and the clinical challenges posed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of OPAT for the treatment of P ...
Paloma Suárez-Casillas, Marta Mejías-Trueba, Iris Martínez Alemany, Lola Navarro Amuedo, Julia Praena Segovia, Arístides de Alarcón González, Rafael Luque Márquez, Zaira R. Palacios-Baena, Juan Manuel Carmona-Caballero, José Manuel Sánchez Oliva, María Victoria Gil-Navarro, Manuel García Gutiérrez, Laura Herrera-Hidalgo, Manuel Poyato Borrego, Luis E. López-Cortés, José M. Cisneros   +15 more
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Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) programs for pediatric patients: A systematic review

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objective: The aim of this study is to guide other investigators in designing and implementing an appropriate pediatric outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program in healthcare settings.
Pablo Ciudad-Gutiérrez, Paloma Suárez-Casillas, Laura Herrera-Hidalgo, Marta Mejías-Trueba, María José Muñoz-Vilches, Olaf Neth, Marta Moleón-Ruiz, Flora López-González, María Victoria Gil-Navarro, Ana Belén Guisado-Gil   +9 more
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Bridging the gap: opportunities for transitions of care pharmacist review of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy prescriptions prior to hospital discharge

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Purpose: Pharmacist-led initiatives providing optimization of medications during transitions of care (TOC) have shown to have a positive impact on prescribing practices and patient outcomes.
Sara Stashluk, Michelle Ramos, Tyla Carettini, James B. Cutrell, Seana Mathew, Marguerite Monogue, Jennifer Nguyen, James M. Sanders, Esther Y. Golnabi   +8 more
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EHA2024 Hybrid Congress

HemaSphere, Volume 8, Issue S1, June 2024.
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Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy with ceftriaxone for acute tonsillopharyngitis: efficacy, patient satisfaction, cost effectiveness, and safety

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2015
Samah Al Alawi,1 Somaya Abdulkarim,1 Hazem Elhennawy,1 Anwar Al-Mansoor,2 Ahmed Al Ansari3,4,5 1Department of Family Medicine, 2Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, 3Training and Education Department, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital, Riffa, 4Arabian ...
Al Alawi S, Abdulkarim S, Elhennawy H, Al-Mansoor A, Al Ansari A   +4 more
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Safety of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) in Children

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2015
Priyanka Fernandes, Helen Mahoney-West, Catherine Lachenauer, Mari Nakamura   +3 more
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Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship Review for Pediatric Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) [PDF]

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2016
Jared Olson, Chris Stockmann, Emily Thorell, Elizabeth Knackstedt, Andrew Pavia, Susan K. Sanderson, Lawanda Esquibel, Adam L. Hersh   +7 more
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758Treatment Complications During Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Administered at Home [PDF]

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2014
Shrestha, Nabin, Shrestha, Jugnu, Everett, Angela, Carroll, Don, Gordon, Steven, Rehm, Susan J.   +5 more
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